KJV King James Version
So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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1 Kings 15:20
So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
WEB World English Bible
Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
ASV American Standard Version
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel, and smiteth Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 15
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold [that were] left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19 [There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [thereof], that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
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וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבֶּן־H1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadהֲדַ֜דH1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאָסָ֗אH609 · a.saAsaוַ֠יִּשְׁלַחH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שָׂרֵ֨יH8269 · sarrulerהַחֲיָלִ֤יםH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimעַל־H5921 · aluponעָרֵ֣יH5892 · irexcitementיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיַּךְ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִיּ֣וֹןH5859 · iy.yonIjonוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּ֔ןH1835 · danDanוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]אָבֵ֣לH62 · a.vel bet-ma.a.khahAbel-beth-maachahבֵּֽית־H62 · a.vel bet-ma.a.khahAbel-beth-maachahמַעֲכָ֑הH62 · a.vel bet-ma.a.khahAbel-beth-maachahוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallכִּנְר֔וֹתH3672 · kin.n.rot(Sea of) Chinnerethעַ֖לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetנַפְתָּלִֽי׃H5321 · naph.ta.liNaphtali
Cross-references
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.Joshua 11:2And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,Joshua 12:3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.2 Samuel 20:14-15And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.
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